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he's now rejoined the fbi. the floor is yours. >> good afternoon chairman and members of the subcommittee. it's my honor to come to you to represent the counter-terrorism bureau of the fbi to discuss one of the highest priorities -- the threat posed by domestic extremists. the turnout today is testament to the importance of this issue. on september 10, 2012, the fbi disseminated this assessment on terrorism. the overall franking considers intent, the capability combat posture in its determination of the threats domestic extremist pose and the united states. the fbi assesses economic and political events, for most the election, are likely to provoke domestic extremists and to a more active state, this is unlikely to drive escalation and the large-scale violence. the fbi assesses extremist movements pose a medium to low terrorism threat, a specific political and economic events scheduled in 2012 create the potential for greater volatility that existed in the previous year. in recent months, the fbi has seen numer
he's now rejoined the fbi. the floor is yours. >> good afternoon chairman and members of the subcommittee. it's my honor to come to you to represent the counter-terrorism bureau of the fbi to discuss one of the highest priorities -- the threat posed by domestic extremists. the turnout today is testament to the importance of this issue. on september 10, 2012, the fbi disseminated this assessment on terrorism. the overall franking considers intent, the capability combat posture in its...
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we were like the mini fbi. second part was oversight mechanism where we will do reports congress every quarter and special audits we will do. >> where did you get your authority? >> from congress, from this legislation. it provided that we had all the authorities of any inspector general which are these similar type of oversight agency that's are attached to each department and many agencies within the federal government. >> you say in your group, you weren't terribly impressed by the number of inspector generals. how many are there? >> there are 64 or 65 different i.gs. when i came down to washington, i didn't know what an i.g. did. my experience as a prosecutor, we run into law enforcement arms and they will be our agent. i started up a mortgage fraud unit and i was dealing with the inspector generals. i didn't know the big picture of what an i.g. was doing. the first thing i did was go around and meet the different i.g.s. starting with the meetings over the next couple years, i found the inspector's general
we were like the mini fbi. second part was oversight mechanism where we will do reports congress every quarter and special audits we will do. >> where did you get your authority? >> from congress, from this legislation. it provided that we had all the authorities of any inspector general which are these similar type of oversight agency that's are attached to each department and many agencies within the federal government. >> you say in your group, you weren't terribly...
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we were that the fbi. the second part was this oversight mechanism where we would do these reports to congress every quarter and special reports and special audits we would do of specific programs. >> where did you get your authority? >> from congress, this legislation. it provided that we had all the authority of any inspector general which are these similar type of oversight agencies that are attached to each department and many agencies within the federal government. >> you say in your book, you were not terribly impressed by the number of inspectors general of around town. how many are they? >> i think there are 64 or 65 different ones. one of the things -- when i first came to washington, i did not know what -- know what and i g did. my experience as prosecutor, we would occasionally run into other law enforcement arms. for while i was doing mortgage fraud cases, i started up a mortgage fraud unit and i was dealing with the inspector general from hud, very good law enforcement agents. but i did not kn
we were that the fbi. the second part was this oversight mechanism where we would do these reports to congress every quarter and special reports and special audits we would do of specific programs. >> where did you get your authority? >> from congress, this legislation. it provided that we had all the authority of any inspector general which are these similar type of oversight agencies that are attached to each department and many agencies within the federal government. >> you...
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my question is do you believe the cfpb have less accountability then the fbi? >> my understanding is i was not here when the -- was enacted. we should operate on equivalent terms as them. it is true to some extent of the structure. i think it makes sense for us to be on par with others. that would be my sense of it. >> that is a choice we have to make. i have concerns. i want to quickly talk. we have a big somali community in columbia, ohio. -- in columbus, ohio. these remittances are truly lifelines for those folks. and other folks that are immigrants and trying to help family back home. i am curious, when i read your rules and every the comments from those, it sounds like a closed networks like western union and money gramm will be able to comply with your february deadline. a lot of the wireless services -- a lot of the wire services might have real trouble with that. have you been told that and doesn't give you cause for concern? what it tells me is there will be less competition and more expensive costs to these remittances and less access. is it something
my question is do you believe the cfpb have less accountability then the fbi? >> my understanding is i was not here when the -- was enacted. we should operate on equivalent terms as them. it is true to some extent of the structure. i think it makes sense for us to be on par with others. that would be my sense of it. >> that is a choice we have to make. i have concerns. i want to quickly talk. we have a big somali community in columbia, ohio. -- in columbus, ohio. these remittances...